Andrew Jackson: “GENTLEMEN: I herewith transmit to Congress the report of the engineer employed to survey the bar at the mouth of Sag…”

The duty of every government [is so] to regulate its currency as to protect this numerous class.

Mutual suspicions and reproaches may in time create mutual hostility.

It is impossible that any government can continue to exist upon any other principles.

The power, however, is in your hands, and the remedy must and will be applied if you determine upon it.